The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal
"Fiercely and unapologetically progressive, and definitely NSFW. 'The Professional Left' features award-winning bloggers Driftglass and Blue Gal as they skewer right-wing absurdities and dismantle mainstream media mealy-mouths with razor-sharp wit and zero filter. From mercilessly mocking partisan hacks to elevating stories the media ignores, it's the profane, unflinching political commentary you didn't know you needed. More at http://ProLeftPod.com."
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 966
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Ep 756 Dems Win and GOP 'Debates'
Driftglass watches the whole Republican debate and lives to tell the tale. And we celebrate big wins for Democrats in this year's elections. Remember how this feels next year and VOTE! More at pro…
Ep 755 No Fair Remembering End Times
A somewhat deep dive into the Book of Revelation? Don't worry; we also include connections to John Wick/Keanu Reeves as Jesus. But seriously, folks, these end times Republicans are deeply committed…
Ep 754: Go Unions! And Related News
We celebrate with the UAW and explore some related stories you may have missed. And we love the ACA but have a sticker shock for 2024.
Driftglass and Blue Gal also appeared this week on The Bill S…
Science Fiction University: Time Travel and Netflix's 'Bodies'
The Netflix series "Bodies" brings up all kinds of connections to time travel in science fiction. We watched the 8 part series in three days -- it's good!
More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.
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Ep 753 So God Chose Joe Biden?
The new (and definitely temporary) House Speaker, Maga Mike, Blast Hardcheese, Slab Squatthrust, insert your favorite MST3K nickname here, implies some pretty important theological arguments about Pr…
Ep 752 No Fair Remembering Stuff: 'Team B'
How a right-wing takeover of "military intelligence" in 1976 leads directly to kew-anan nonsense today. More at proleftpod.com.
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Ep 751 Meet the Press and the Santa Claus Suit
A special Wednesday episode - we'll be back next week to our regularly scheduled Tuesday/Thursday shows.
Driftglass has an interesting analogy going. We're so glad Joe Biden is president. And we sk…
Housekeeping! One Episode this week on Wednesday.
Hi it’s Fran AKA Blue Gal, just letting you know that this week, due to lots of things going on here at Casa DGBG, we will be doing ONE podcast only, on Wednesday October 18. The episode should be p…
Ep 750: Our 750th Episode!
It's our 750th episode! We talk about the horror going on in Israel, and respond to WaPo's very silly article about Illinois Gerrymandering. This plus the news of the week! Thanks for listening!
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Ep 749: Where Did The Liberal Blogs Go?
Because Joan Walsh asked on the Tim Miller podcast, we're here to explain what happened to the blogosphere. Some of us are still here.
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Ep 748: 'Why Won't Obama Lead?' Part Infinity
Democrats learned much from the Obama years: we are DONE cleaning up Republican messes and then getting blamed when we do. You got elected, GOP, learn to govern, or go home. More at proleftpod.com.…
Ep 747 The No Fair Remembering Stuff Anniversary Show
No Fair Remembering Stuff is One Year Old and boy, are our arms tired! We talk about the future of No Fair Remembering Stuff and how we plan to keep doing this show and keep what's left of our sanit…
Ep 746 Hey GOP, Keep F***ing That Chicken
The Republican Party can't get their act together, and it's a feature, not a bug. The mainstream media can’t help making “walking the UAW picket line” and “meeting with scabs at a non-union shop” eq…
Science Fiction University - Utopias and Whither Dune?
We discuss when there's "too much of a good thing" in a science fiction world, including when the hero is a tragic hero. Then we discuss the future of Dune movies. More at sciencefictionuniversity.…
Ep 745 The $78 Hamburger
This episode is not work-safe. Driftglass visits Iowa. Republicans threaten a government shutdown, but worry they'll be blamed for doing it. Some columnists catch up to where we were seven years a…
Ep 744 NFRS: Beetlejuice Eat Your Heart Out
No Fair Remembering Stuff brings you the sex scandal of 1974.
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Ep 743 Kevin?
Kevin McCarthy's very illegal impeachment (not really) inquiry (also not really) thingie is not going well. And because this is our only episode this week (Driftglass is traveling) we do a little No…
Ep 742 Fighting Fascism Is NOT Tribalism
The New York Times has a headline problem. We discuss using the 14th Amendment to remove you-know-who from the 2024 ballots. Also, Illinois has become a haven for political refugees from red states…
Ep 741 Consequences!
A certain podcaster is calling for consequences for right-wing extremists and agitators, including Trump. You'll never guess who (or maybe you will). More at proleftpod.com.
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Ep 740 The Good News
We start off this episode with good news about Joe Biden and JB Pritzker. And SOMEBODY at another podcast decided to wave a big red cape in front of Driftglass. Uh oh. More at proleftpod.com.
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